13 Facts About David Arkenstone

David Arkenstone was born on July 1,1952 and is an American composer and performer.

David Arkenstone's music has been described as 'soundtracks for the imagination'.

David Arkenstone studied music in college and started a progressive rock band named after himself, but he soon discovered his own musical voice in the instrumental genre.

David Arkenstone went solo and found his own sound in New Age music.

David Arkenstone worked with fantasy novel writer Mercedes Lackey on a few of her albums.

David Arkenstone has composed music for television; channels such as the History Channel, the Discovery Channel and NBC Sports include his music.

David Arkenstone has written music for trailers and film soundtracks, including the independent film PRISM, as well as computer game soundtracks such as World of Warcraft, Lands of Lore 2 and 3, Earth and Beyond, Emperor: Battle for Dune, and Space Siege.

David Arkenstone has earned five Grammy nominations for his work: In the Wake of the Wind in 1992, Citizen of the World in 2000, Atlantis in 2004, Fairy Dreams in 2020, and Pangaea in 2022.

David Arkenstone has learned to play a variety of musical instruments, including bouzouki, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar, harp, cello, flute, electronic keyboards, piano, Turkish saz, pennywhistle, melodica, and pan pipes.

David Arkenstone plays drums and percussion and has performed some vocalizations on his albums.

David Arkenstone is involved in the band Troika; their sound is similar to his solo work.

David Arkenstone signed with Domo Records and re-released the album Echoes of Light and Shadow in 2010.

David Arkenstone was a member of the composing team who developed the music for Blizzard Activision's World of Warcraft videogame's Cataclysm expansion.